Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Ill-prepared Australia need Twenty20 rethink

Australia mistakenly assume the same players who carry them in Test and 50-over cricket can do so in Twenty20

09-Jun-2009•Brydon Coverdale

White 'shocked' at late call-up

Cameron White arrives in London an hour before Australia's first match but he is confident he can hit the ground running

05-Jun-2009•Brydon Coverdale

Gayle must walk the talk

Despite their poor show in England, expectations will be high that West Indies can lift for the World Twenty20

01-Jun-2009•Brydon Coverdale

All eyes on New Zealand's new crop

The good news is that the shorter the format, the more competitive New Zealand become

01-Jun-2009•Brydon Coverdale

Manou keen to follow Haddin's lead

Graham Manou has just learnt that a lot can change between two Ashes series. When England visited in 2006-07, South Australia dropped an out-of-form Manou from the side to face Andrew Flintoff's men in a tour match

21-May-2009•Brydon Coverdale

Johnson piles pressure on Bopara

As expected for a man whose girlfriend is a karate black-belt, Mitchell Johnson doesn't intimidate easily. So the sight of England's No. 3 Ravi Bopara rattling off three consecutive centuries against West Indies hasn't worried him in the slightest

21-May-2009•Brydon Coverdale and Alex Brown

Fast men prepare to fight for their places

As a former real estate agent, Stuart Clark knows plenty about supply and demand. Right now there are five men bidding for what Clark wants - a fast-bowling place in the first Test - but the market is tight and there are probably only three available

20-May-2009•Brydon Coverdale at the SCG

Ponting aims to set things right

There aren't many gaps on Ricky Ponting's cricket CV. But there is one glaring omission that he hopes will be rectified in the next few months

20-May-2009•Brydon Coverdale at the SCG

Watson wins battle with Symonds

Shane Watson and Andrew Symonds are two large, strong men, and like a pair of gunslingers in a western movie, this town ain't big enough for them both

20-May-2009•Brydon Coverdale at the SCG

Gibbs hundred hands series to South Africa

South Africa began the series as the world's No. 1 ODI side and they will finish it in the same position after Herschelle Gibbs' 21st one-day international century helped them take an unassailable 3-1 lead

13-Apr-2009•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

Hughes looks to Waugh for England advice

Phillip Hughes is about to depart for a six-week county stint with Middlesex that he hopes will prepare him for the Ashes

11-Apr-2009•Brydon Coverdale

Parnell and Steyn crush Australia

A brutal new-ball effort from Wayne Parnell and Dale Steyn set up a comprehensive seven-wicket win for South Africa that levelled the five-match series 1-1 in Centurion

05-Apr-2009•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

South Africa regain spark too late

Cricinfo runs the rule over the 14 South African players they fielded during the series

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Johnson paves the way for Australia

Cricinfo assesses the 12 men Australia used during the three Tests

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Australia keep spin option open for Ashes

Ricky Ponting has brushed off the idea that Australia could enter the Ashes without a specialist spinner after their spin cycle washed up further damage to their stocks during the tour of South Africa

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Injured Smith returns to one-day squad

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Leave decisions to on-field umpires - Bucknor

The record-holding umpire Steve Bucknor has bowed out of Test cricket with an appeal of his own: leave the decision-making in the hands of the on-field officials

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Ponting lauds new generation

Twenty-nine days of Test cricket across three months and more than 10,000 kilometres has not been enough to split the world's two best teams

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Injured Kallis hopeful of being fit for ODIs

Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury in South Africa's victory in Cape Town

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Harris leaves 'buffet bowler' tag behind

The Australians must have been waiting for table service at Newlands, where they failed to handle what Harris dished up in a Man-of-the-Match performance that earned him his best match figures of 9 for 161

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

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